AUTISM BOOKS AND DVDS COMPLETE LIST
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contains educational books and
videos for children, teens,
parents and teachers about
adolescence and growing up. The
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topics. You will find topics
ranging from infant education to
dealing with teens with
different and sometimes
difficult situations. The books
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Product ID: AUT-007
Jonah Adams was diagnosed as
autistic at two years and eight
months. Just a few years later,
a doctor refused to believe such
a diagnosis could ever have been
given to this healthy, happy
boy. This is the true
story of how Jonah's mother,
Christina, seized his limited
window of opportunity for
recovery. This book
details how she utilized a
combination of a special diet
and tutoring with speech
therapists and behavioral
psychologists, Christina shares
the entire journey she undertook
to give her child a second
chance at a full life.
Pages: 318
Product ID: AUT-006
Jayne Lytel was a flourishing
syndicated columnist when her
son Leo was diagnosed with
autism. She used her
reporting skills to better
understand her son's health
issues, and helped Leo gain
essential abilities. After
four years of therapy, he no
longer meets the diagnostic
criteria for autism, attends a
mainstream school, and is a
thriving, healthy child.
Act Early Against Autism is a
practical and empowering guide
for parents on how early
intervention can change their
child's future.
Pages: 272
Product ID: AUT-003
The award-winning author of
Autism Spectrum Disorders
presents
Adolescents on the Autism
Spectrum, a
complete guide to the cognitive,
emotional, social, and physical
needs of preteens and teenagers
with autistic disorders, ranging
from the relatively mild
Asperger's Syndrome to more
severe ability impairment.
Pages: 288
Product ID: AUT-018
The needs of an individual develop and
change from childhood services to adult
provision, but the literature that
addresses specific adult requirements is
scarce. This volume attempts to
fill the gap and provides practical help
and guidance, specifically for those
caring for the growing recognized
population of adults with autism.
Issues of theory and practice from both
local and international perspectives are
included. Subsequent chapters
analyze the implications arising from
thought and behavior inflexibility with
emphasis on the management of transition
and bereavement. Models for
practice in employment and further
education and also pharmacological and
educational approaches to mental health
problems, epilepsy and challenging
behavior are concluded by a chapter
which develops many themes of this
publication as the basis for a
practitioner training program in
residential settings. This book
provides an essential guide for all
those concerned with the care and well
being of adults with autism including
parents, researchers, practitioners and
community care workers.
Pages: 312
Product ID: AUT-022
Animusic is a powerful new vision in
music video entertainment with
unparalleled, universal appeal to
adults, children, musicians, engineers,
animation fans...all kinds of people!
With cutting edge computer animation,
and a broad collection of modern musical
routines and soundscapes, you'll get an
amazing visual musical experience.
Animusic will absolutely delight you as
the extraordinarily complex, invented
musical instruments come to life and
perform virtual concerts with note for
note precision.
Runtime: Over 75 mins
(program plus bonus material)
Product ID: AUT-023
Animusic 2 is the long awaited
continuation of Animusic's debut DVD
that has become unparalleled in
universal appeal to adults, children,
musicians, engineers, animation
fans...all kinds of people! In
this new video, they went over the top
with special features. For
example, the Starship Groove animation
was rendered in Fullscreen, Widescreen,
and 3 other camera views for the
multi-angle bonus for a total of 5
full-length versions. This
adds up to over 20 minutes of footage
just for that 4 minute music animation!
Runtime: 20 mins
Product ID: AUT-002
The bane of Alison Shandling's existence is
Harry Roth. He's obnoxious and rude,
and always taunts her or makes comments
about her autistic twin brother.
Alison attempts to ignore him, but since she
sees him at school and at synagogue, it's
hard to avoid him. Then, Harry is
injured in a diving accident and winds up in
a wheelchair. Now Harry feels what
it's like to be vulnerable, and Alison finds
herself inexplicably drawn to him.
She's initially cautious, but these unlikely
companions begin to understand each other,
and their relationship grows first into a
friendship and then into something more.
Pages: 208
Product ID: AUT-016
Is Asperger syndrome a syndrome in its
own right or is it a form of autism?
Sufferers from the syndrome are like
autistic individuals in that they show
the same kind of impairments from early
childhood; yet they are unlike them in
being far more verbally articulate and
socially adapted. They can be
highly intelligent and reminiscent of
eccentrics with their unusual interests,
special skills and unworldliness.
In this volume, several of the major
experts in the field discuss the
diagnostic criteria of the syndrome,
named after Hans Asperger who first
described the condition in the 1940s,
and illustrate their views with case
studies drawn from their clinical
practice. These clinical studies
are complemented by personal accounts
and placed in a new theoretical
framework.
Pages: 257
Product ID: AUT-015
This book, written by an
international team of experts,
features contributions from
leading authorities in the
clinical and social sciences.
This thoroughly revised and
updated new edition reflects the
most recent progress in the
understanding of autism and
related conditions, and offers
an international perspective on
the present state of the
discipline. Chapters
discuss current approaches to
definition and diagnosis;
prevalence and planning for
service delivery; cognitive,
genetic, and neurobiological
features; and pathophysiological
mechanisms. There is a new
chapter covering communication
issues.
Interventions reviewed include
the pharmacological, behavioral,
and educational, and a
thoughtful final chapter
addresses the nature of the
fundamental social disturbance
that characterizes autism.
Pages: 356
Product ID: AUT-014
This book presents a positive and
empowering "bill of rights" for every
person with autism, regardless of
impairment level. With advice and
reflections from autistic adults across
the spectrum, as well as Sicile-Kira's
own experience as an advocate and parent
of an autistic teen, the book covers
these ten essential life skills.
Pages: 224
Product ID: AUT-021
This is the story of Brian, who is Charlie's brother. He wishes Charlie, his special-needs brother, could just be "normal" and thinks it's not fair for Charlie to have so many problems. He feels frustrated because everything seems to be about Charlie. Brian wishes his family could do things like most families do. When the decision is made for Charlie to live in a Residential Center, Brian attempts to understand his confusing feelings. Is it my fault because I complained? Will the same thing happen to me? With the help of his family, Brian starts to understand his feelings and accepts that it is all right for Charlie to be himself, and he is also proud to be "Charlie's Brother". When a family is living with a child with a physical or developmental disability, or perhaps a chronic disease, there are numerous issues which surround their "normal" siblings. Charlie's Brother fittingly describes many of these issues. However difficult the challenges are, there are many effective approaches for helping the family.
Pages: 27
Product ID: AUT-024
The number of children affected by autism is growing larger every day. Autism is an all encompassing term for a wide range of disorders that include classic autism, Asperger's syndrome, and Rett syndrome. Developmental problems can be recognized in infants as young as four months old, and this book provides information so you can recognize the red vital flags and begin treatment based on those first signs. As the mother of a child who was diagnosed with autism at the age of two, the author uses her own experiences and the most current research to provide real strategies and emphasizes warning signs as she describes the most important milestones at each stage of a child's growth, including things parents and pediatricians often overlook. She also tells parents to act on their instincts or concerns, instead of the wait and see, which is often encouraged, and also explains the steps parents can take to confirm or rule out a developmental delay or disorder.
Pages: 272
Product ID: AUT-029
Autism is a complex disorder that has long puzzled parents and experts, and it's very distressing to learn that your child has been diagnosed with autism. Doctors usually gave parents almost no hope for fighting the disorder, but in recent years, new treatments and therapies have shown that it is possible to improve. Children have even overcome the effects of autism when correct therapies are started soon enough, and with this intensive, early intervention, some children have been integrated into school and are impossible to differentiate from other students. With this book, you'll be able to: discover ten things you can do to begin battling your child's autism immediately; See why Applied Behavior Analysis has become the most chosen treatment and examine its impressive results; Get information on advanced biomedical treatments such as secretin and immunotherapy; Learn how dietary changes can positively impact your child's behavior; Find out how additional therapies can help, including sensory and auditory integration; Explore caring ways to keep your family together when your life has been devastated by autism.
Pages: 208
Product ID: AUT-026
Autism ADHD, asthma and allergies have risen dramatically to epidemic levels over the last 20 years. One of these conditions now strikes one in every three children in America. Leading medical innovator, Kenneth Bock, M.D., has helped change the lives of over a thousand children with this important book. He has developed a complete program that targets all four of the 4-A disorders that can help to children. Most doctors have never made the connection between the 4-A disorders, even with their concurrent rise and the existence of numerous medical clues. Over the years, the medical establishment has considered autism as incurable and medically untreatable. Dr. Bock?s amazing healing program, based on medical research and drawing on years of clinical success, gives a safe, sensible solution that is individualized to each child to help cure the underlying causes. This particular approach to autism, ADHD, and the other 4-A epidemics, as devised by Dr. Bock and some of America?s finest integrative physicians, is an extremely promising and exciting medical breakthrough.
Pages: 458
Product ID: AUT-019
Jenny McCarthy was having a cup
of coffee one morning when she
found her two-year old son,
Evan, in his room having a
seizure. Many doctors
misdiagnosed Evan until after
many traumatic, life-threatening
episodes - one good doctor
discovered that Evan is
autistic. With a foreword
from Dr. David Feinberg, medical
director of the Resnick Neuro-psychiatric
Hospital at UCLA, and an
introduction by Jerry J.
Kartzinel, a top pediatric
autism specialist,
Louder Than Words
tells Jenny' story as she
discovers an intense combination
of diet and supplements, along
with behavioral therapy, that
became the key to saving Evan
from autism.
Pages: 202
Product ID: AUT-017
There are many people with autism
spectrum disorders (ASDs) that are
remarkably proficient at remembering how
things look and sound, even years after
an event. Theyre also good at rote
learning and establishing habits and
routines. Some of them even have
encyclopaedic memories.
Unfortunately, all individuals with ASD
have difficulty in recalling personal
memories and reliving experiences, and
less able people may have additional
difficulty in memorizing facts.
This book assembles new research on
memory in autism to examine why this
happens and the effects it has on
peoples lives. The contributors
make use of recent advances in the
understanding of normal memory systems
and their breakdown as frameworks for
analyzing the neuropsychology and
neurobiology of memory in autism.
The unique patterning of memory
functions across the spectrum
illuminates difficulties with sense of
self, emotion processing, mental time
travel, language and learning, providing
a window into the nature and causes of
autism itself.
Pages: 385
Product ID: AUT-013
When Jenny McCarthy's book, Louder
Than Words, was published, the
story of her successful efforts to saver
her son, Evan, from autism, received a
tremendous response. After hitting
# 3 on the
New York Times
bestseller list, Jenny and Evan were
featured on the covers of several
magazines, including
People. What she
hadn't anticipated, was the overwhelming
response form other parents of autistic
children, who sought her out to share
their stories. No two autistic
children heal in exactly the same way,
and with her new book, Jenny expands her
message to share recovery stories from
parents across the country.
Mother Warriors tells how
each parent fought to find their own
child's perfect "remedy of
interventions" and teaches parents how
to navigate safely through the many
autism therapies. Jenny
shares her own journey as an autism
advocate and mother as well as the
progress of her son, Evan.
Touching and genuinely practical,
Mother Warriors
will inspire a generation of
parents with hope.
Pages: 248
Product ID: BUL-002
This book is a comical story about an
eleven-year old autistic boy, Jack Lack,
who struggles to cope with the
absurdities of the so-called "normal"
life. From his public school
classroom for behavior-disordered kids,
to his extended family that's full of
sinister cousins and very eccentric
adults, Jack get unfairly blamed for
everything that goes wrong. In
this novel of self-discovery, he
attempts to prove his innocence.
While he collects clues, the idea forms
in his mind that these misadventures may
be just a bunch of unrelated events, or
is someone out to get Jack.
Pages: 207
Product ID: AUT-008
There have been huge advances in
diagnosing autism and in the development
of effective interventions that can
change children's lives. In this
informative book, Lynn Kern Koegel, a
leading clinician, researcher, and
cofounder of the renowned Autism
Research Center at the University of
California at Santa Barbara, combines
her cutting-edge expertise with the
everyday perspectives of Claire
LaZebnik, a writer whose experience with
a son with autism provides a rare view
into the disorder. Together, they
draw on the highly effective "pivotal
response" approach developed at the
center to provide concrete ways of
improving the symptoms of autism and the
emotional struggles that surround it.
They remind readers never to lose sight
of the humor that lurks in the
disability's quirkiness or the
importance of enjoying your child.
Pages: 336
Product ID: AUT-027
In this book, the author explains the most current information about reading problems, along with verified, useful techniques that together with hard work and the correct help can enable anyone, including intelligent people to conquer these problems. She offers clear, practical, scientific information and advice as the tools that parents and teachers need to help dyslexic children of various ages and grades to gradually obtain successful results. The book covers topics that include:what dyslexia is, how to identify dyslexia at any age, from preschoolers to adults, locating the best school for your child, and learning how to work effectively with their teacher. It also includes exercises to show children how to use the areas of the brain that control reading, a 20-minute nightly home plan to improve reading ability, the 150 most common problem words to give your child an advantage, useful ways to raise and maintain a child's self-esteem and reveal their strengths, and also tells the stories of successful adults who are dyslexic.
Pages: 432
Product ID: ADHD-006
For children with sensory
integration issues, including
those who have difficulty
processing everyday sensations
and exhibit unusual behaviors
such as avoiding or seeking out
touch, movement, sounds, and
sights, this book is an
invaluable resource. Long
thought to affect only autistic
children, or mistaken for ADHD,
SI dysfunction is finally being
recognized as a separate
condition. Coauthored by a
pediatric occupational therapist
and a parent of a child with SI
dysfunction,
Raising a Sensory Smart Child
is as warm and accessible as it
is authoritative and detailed
and is an indispensable guide
for parents, therapists, and
teachers who will turn to it
again and again.
Pages: 416
Product ID: AUT-004
Alexander is an autistic child, and when he
is nine years old, he is found dead in a
bathtub of water. At the time, his
mother Ingrid is the only other person in
the house. The circumstances are
suspicious and the police take Ingrid into
custody. Did she murder her child? Who
could blame her if she did? " She has had
nine years of hell with her uncontrollable
child, and all those she cares about have
deserted her. Not even the church has
come to her assistance. Her efforts to find
help for Alexander have left her bankrupt
and she is emotionally and physically
depleted. If it were not for Miriam
and Gunter, she would surely never have
endured the nine years.
Pages: 311
Product ID: AUT-010
It's possible that this child is having
sensory processing problems. You
can help children with these problems.
Sensory Integration helps you identify
children who have difficulties with
sensory processing, and it offers easy
solutions to support the sensory needs
of young children in the preschool
classroom. Easily implemented
solutions include adaptations and
activities for children with different
types of Sensory Processing Disorder.
This book also contains a bonus chapter
with instructions for creating
inexpensive items to help children with
sensory issues.
Pages: 144
Product ID: AUT-005
This book is a true story of two
mothers, worlds apart, united in a
struggle to connect with their autistic
sons. Emmy(r)-winning art director
Portia Iversen's life was turned upside
down when her son Dov was diagnosed with
autism. After hearing about a
miraculous story of a woman in India who
had taught her own severely autistic son
to communicate, she brought Soma and
Tito Mukhopadhyay from Bangalore to
America to help researchers better
understand this amazing feat.
Pages: 448
Product ID: AUT-011
Preschool can be overwhelming
for children with autism.
Autism affects how a child
behaves, communicates, and
relates to others.
Teachers need to know how they
can get children with autism to
achieve their full potential.
This book is a straightforward,
easy-to-understand guide to
working with children who have
autism. It explains the
main characteristics associated
with autism and helps teachers
understand the ways children
with autism relate to the world.
Each chapter offers detailed
strategies for teachers to use,
including setting up a proactive
preschool environment, helping
children learn life skills,
managing behavior, helping
children with autism
communicate, encourage children
with autism to play, helping
them to get along with others,
and working with families.
Teaching Young
Children With Autism Spectrum
Disorder helps
teachers bond with all children
in meaningful ways, allowing
children with autism to learn
and grow.
Pages: 224
Product ID: AUT-025
Finally, there is help for ADHD patients and their families who have become worn out and frustrated. With this book, you will get the many answers to the questions youve been waiting for. Attention deficit/hyperactive disorder (ADHD) is one of the fastest growing diagnoses of our generation. Unfortunately, the diagnosis does not provide actual help, and this leaves patients, doctors and families at a loss on how to proceed. But for the first time ever, new understanding of the many similarities between ADHD and autism are giving patients with ADHD real hope. At last, The ADHD-Autism Connection gives parents, doctors, and educators a reason to confront autism with a belief of hope and understanding. This book will show how, with this new knowledge, to reduce the misdiagnoses, misunderstandings, and frustrations that ADHD sufferers and their families encounter.
Pages: 224
Product ID: AUT-001
This book has
answers to more than one hundred
of the most frequently asked
questions about autism, a
disease that affects an
estimated one in 250 children.
Dawn Ham-Kucharski's son, Alex,
was diagnosed with autism at the
age of two, and she was given
little hope that he would ever
express himself verbally or to
communicate meaningfully with
others. But, now at the
age of six, Alex is an inspiring
autism success story, due to his
mother's tireless efforts to
seek out an effective treatment
program, educational plan, and
socialization strategy.
In
The Autism Book,
health and parenting journalist
S. Jhoanna Robledo and Ham-Kucharski,
a passionate advocate for
educational opportunity for
autistic children, use their
hard-earned knowledge and
experience to objectively and
compassionately answer the most
urgent questions of parents and
educators of autistic children.
The authors offer comprehensive
information on diagnoses,
causes, manifestations,
treatment options, managing
emotions, family relationships,
parenting and lifestyle issues,
education, and common worries.
Pages: 208
Product ID: AUT-028
For the parents of an autistic child, everyday is a challenge. This can cause them to lose themselves in the struggle and unfortunately, their general quality of life will become less satisfying. In this book, the author blends the different voices of autism parents, along with researchers and professionals to offer direction and encouragement on how to find fulfillment and joy throughout the difficult times that occur while raising an autistic child. The various topics covered in the book include: showing the best way to deal with feelings of despair and hopelessness; finding ways to have fun through even during chaotic times; taking care of your marriage; and finding a balance between seeking new treatments and accepting your child for what they are.
Pages: 208
Product ID: AUT-012
Useful, practical advice and information
from the world's foremost experts on
autism and a mother's own hard-earned
lessons from helping her son recover
from the disorder. When Karen Siff
Exkorn's son, Jake, was diagnosed with
autism, she struggled to pull together
comprehensive information about the
disorder. Fortunately, she was
able to educate herself quickly, and the
extensive at-home treatment of her son
led to his amazing full recovery.
However, the journey wasn't easy, and
now, in
The Autism Sourcebook,
Siff Exkorn gives parents the wisdom she
wishes she'd had at the beginning.
Pages: 416
Product ID: ADHD-010
Three years ago, magazine editor
Denise Brodey's precocious
four-year-old son, Toby, was
diagnosed with a combination of
sensory integration dysfunction
and childhood depression.
Struggling to make sense of her
new, often chaotic, often lonely
world, the thing she found most
comforting was talking with
other, hopeful, and insightful
parents of kids with special
needs, and learning how they
coped with the feelings they
encountered throughout the day.
Pages: 256
Product ID: ADHD-020
This is the exciting,
true story of Jason McElwain-also known
as "J-Mac", who is the autistic student
that made headlines when he scored
twenty points, including a school record
six three-pointers for his high school
basketball team in 2006. It
includes the revealing perspectives of
J-Mac's family and coach. This is
McElwain's inspiring account of the
challenges of growing up autistic-not
just for himself, but for his family.
It's also the tale of his unlikely star
turn, and the difference it made in his
journey through life with all the
heart-breaking and heart-lifting stops
along the way
Pages: 256
Product ID: ADHD-007
Using the established methods he
developed to overcome dyslexia, Ron
Davis adapts techniques to help
sufferers triumph over a variety of
common learning disabilities.
Pages: 384
Product ID: ADHD-009
The IQ Answer is not only fascinating and
user-friendly, but a great guide to
fulfilling one's potential. Adults who
have been frustrated by a stubborn mental
block will learn the steps to scale it and
tackle any project creatively, and with
millions of new cases of learning
disabilities diagnosed every year, this book
will help parents break through their
children's performance plateaus.
Written in response to the overwhelming need
that Dr. Lawlis sees every day in his
practice and in his role as Dr. Phil's
primary contributing psychologist,
The IQ Answer will be
a powerful tool for everyone who wants to be
as successful as they can be.
Pages: 272
Product ID: AUT-009
Price: $13.99 $12.55
Eloquent, philosophical, and
introspective. These are words that are
not usually associated with an autistic
child, but in an incredible display of
courage and creativity, this boy named
Tito has shattered stereotypes. In
The Mind Tree,
Tito makes us question all of our
previous assumptions about autism, since
he is severely autistic and nearly
nonverbal, and this is his story.
Pages: 224
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